Feb 03
BRITISH police investigating the murder of a young woman, whose body was discovered on Queen Elizabeth II's Sandringham Estate last week, formally identified the victim as 17-year-old Alisa Dmitrijeva. The Latvian teenager’s body, which may have lain undiscovered for months, was found last Sunday by a dog walker in the tiny village of Anmer, near …
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Jan 24
RIGA – Today, Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, during the meeting with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who pays a working visit to Latvia, will discuss the issues related to air policing, cooperation in the NATO missions and will sign the Memorandum of Understanding concerning Cooperation on Cyber Defense. Threats to information technologies are …
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Jan 21
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union said Tuesday morning that in December 2011, the lowest annual rates were observed in Sweden (0.4%), Malta (1.3%) and Bulgaria (2.0%), and the highest in Slovakia (4.6%), Poland (4.5%) and Cyprus (4.2%). Compared with November 2011, annual inflation fell in twenty-one Member States, remained stable in two …
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Jan 16
The Rise and Fall of States and Nations’ You may never have heard of the “Kingdom of the Rock,” though for half a millennium it dominated a sizable piece of Scotland. it centered on two fortified hills that overlook the River Clyde at Dumbarton (“Camp of the Britons”), near today’s Glasgow. In his new book, …
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Jan 15
A majority of 28 mostly European countries have failed to comply with freedom of information requests about their involvement in secret CIA flights carrying suspected terrorists, two human rights groups say. London-based Reprieve and Madrid-based Access Info Europe yesterday accused European nations of covering up their complicity in the so-called “extraordinary rendition” programme by failing …
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Jan 12
2 days ago The Rezidor Hotel Group has announced an organisational optimization of their regional operations offices in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. With immediate effect, the company is separating responsibilities for the core brands Radisson Blu and Park Inn by Radisson on Area Vice President level, and supports the regional leaders with strengthened …
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Jan 03
Globetrotting David Jedeikin, Author of Wander The Rainbow by Jim Gladstone One should never feel locked in to a specific itinerary. so it is in travel, and so it is in life. The byways and detours are sometimes harrowing, sometimes delightful, but if you’re able to keep moving, adapt to your circumstances, and be open …
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Dec 25
December 7, 2011 – North American Hockey League (NAHL) Bismarck Bobcats BISMARCK, ND – with their game against the MHL’s Red Stars-a collection of junior all-stars from Russia, Latvia and Belarus-just two weeks away, the Bismarck Bobcats revealed the special edition USA uniforms that they will don for the first trans-Atlantic junior hockey showdown in …
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Dec 24
When comparing all three neigbouring Baltic states, it turns that housing is the most available in Estonia. Their salary level, which is the highest in the Baltics, is the key reason for that, says SEB bank socio-economy expert Edmunds Rudzitis. Compered to Latvia, housing availability is lower in Lithuania, because their real estate is more …
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Dec 18
The associated Press Date: Monday Dec. 12, 2011 9:43 AM ET RIGA, Latvia — Latvia’s largest bank scrambled Monday to head off a run among depositors who were gripped by rumours of the bank’s imminent ruin. Weekend rumours that Swedbank was facing legal and liquidity problems in Estonia and Sweden sent thousands of Latvians to …
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